{"id":1083,"date":"2022-06-17T07:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:35:38","slug":"keep-cool-when-working-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/keep-cool-when-working-from-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stay cool when working from home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a glorious week across most of the UK, and temperatures in London are due to hit the 30s today &#8211; far from ideal conditions for spending your day in the office.<\/p>\n<p>And if you work from home, the temptation to down tools can be even greater.<\/p>\n<p>So to make sure you stay at your most productive as the temperature rises, here&#8217;s how to keep your cool whether you&#8217;re working from home or the office&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pVE6WFVlJzc\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Drink plenty of water<\/h2>\n<p>A simple enough one to start with,\u00a0but how many of us actually drink enough water during a normal working day, let alone one when the sun is cracking the flags?<\/p>\n<p>The daily recommended amount for an adult is 2.7 litres, or around 10 glasses, but this should be increased in hotter weather. Making sure you&#8217;re fully hydrated will also help to keep your concentration levels up, which means your productivity shouldn&#8217;t wane quite as much &#8211; even if you mind is on going out for an ice cream.<\/p>\n<p>A good tip is to replace your tea breaks with water breaks as this also gets you up and out of your seat.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Eat little and often<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Do you sometimes get a little hot, maybe even get a bit of a sweat on, when you&#8217;re eating a heavy meal? This is because the boys needs to generate more metabolic heat to digest larger, heavier meals.<\/p>\n<p>So stick with salads and light sandwiches, and\u00a0eat little and often instead of in one big go to try and keep the &#8216;food sweats&#8217; at bay. And if you can get into the habit of doing this, try to keep it going as eating little and often is much better for the body&#8217;s digestive and metabolic system so it should help regulate your weight &#8211; provided you eat healthily!<\/p>\n<h2>Get\u00a0plenty of air<\/h2>\n<p>Another seemingly obvious bit of advice but if you&#8217;ve not got a fan, get one &#8211;\u00a0you&#8217;ll be amazed at how much difference opening a window and sticking a fan in the corner of the room can make. It&#8217;ll help keep you cool and focussed on your work.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you could go one better and&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Step outside<\/h2>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\">Alright,\u00a0so this is another rule-breaker as your home office space is normally your sacred work place but it the weather is particularly nice why not take advantage of your work-from-home status and get out in the garden?<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/laptop-working-outside.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2358\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/laptop-working-outside.jpg\" alt=\"laptop-working-outside\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\">Getting in the garden means you get to make the most of the good weather, you\u00a0should be able to use your home wi-fi and if you need anything from the office you can just duck inside and get it.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dress for summer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>OK, so one of the golden rules for b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/keep-motivated-working-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">etter productivity when working from home<\/a> is to get dressed as though you were going to the office &#8211; but no-one wants to be sat at home in work gear when it&#8217;s 30-odd degrees in the shade!<\/p>\n<p>So cut yourself some slack and dress as the weather dictates when it&#8217;s hot &#8211; you&#8217;d put an extra layer on in winter so don&#8217;t afraid to take one off in summer.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #4d4d4d;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Work at different times of the day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the main benefits of working from home is that, by and large, you get to choose when you work, so why not re-jig your schedule so you&#8217;re not working at the hottest times of the day and you can instead get out and enjoy the fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>And, so long as you&#8217;re still contactable and meet your deadlines no one will know &#8211; and why should they care anyway?!<\/p>\n<h2>How to keep cool in the summer heat<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3735 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/how-to-beat-summer-infographic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"1791\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you got any more tips to keep cool in the summer? Let us know&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1777 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/conference-call-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a glorious week across most of the UK, and temperatures in London are due to hit the 30s today &#8211; far from ideal conditions for spending your day<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/keep-cool-when-working-from-home\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to stay cool when working from home<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,19,27],"tags":[15,8,25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6830,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions\/6830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}